Types of Edible Mushrooms

Agaricus silvicola, the wood mushroom, is a touch more arboreal, with a frail and delicate ring, but also edible. Agaricus campestris, the field mushroom, is generally (but not always) smaller, has pink gills when young, and is also edible.

This particular fungus is known as the blushing wood mushroom (Agaricus silvaticus) – a species that can be harvested from the wild in North America and Europe. It’s a popular edible mushroom (reported to be quite tasty, though I’ve never partaken), and many people know it only as such.

Amanita caesarea vs. Amanita muscaria It can be easy to confuse Caesar's mushroom with another Amanita species, particularly Amanita muscaria (the fly agaric mushroom). While some people do take the fly agaric mushroom recreationally, it is considered poisonous and should be avoided in the wild.

What Does a Bolete Mushroom Look Like? First of all, let’s take a look at what a bolete mushroom looks like. At the top of the ID, you need to know bolete mushrooms are rather dense-fleshed and lack gills. “Lack gills!” you say, “How can this be?” Well, it’s not that crazy. I mean, even some fish – like whales – totally lack gills.

Beefsteak funus (Fistulina hepatica), also called Ox Tongue, is an edible mushroom that grows in North America and Europe. But the elephant ear mushroom, or false morels (Helvella and Gyromeitra spp.), are considered poisonous mushrooms in the United States, due to the levels of monomethyl hydrazine ...

Calocybe gambosa is a good edible species and one of very few that are reputed to be safe to eat even when uncooked - although we always cook ours. St George's Mushroom can be used in any recipe calling for cultivated mushrooms. It is good in risotto dishes and omelettes, and it certainly has enough flavour to make tasty soups or sauces to be ...

So, find out everything you need to about a particular mushroom species you are about to try out. Better safe than sorry. Studies are still being conducted on a lot of these mushrooms listed below and a lot is yet to be discovered. If you are a regular mushroom-junkie, keep an eye out for new information on the various species.

Here's a look at different types of edible mushrooms that are used widely today. ... Chroogomphus rutilus (Common names: Pine-spikes, spike-caps, Brown slimecap, ...

So, find out everything you need to about a particular mushroom species you are about to try out. Better safe than sorry. Studies are still being conducted on a lot of these mushrooms listed below and a lot is yet to be discovered. If you are a regular mushroom-junkie, keep an eye out for new information on the various species.

Mushrooms are extremely popular eatables and are used profusely in cuisines the world over. Here's a look at different types of edible mushrooms ... Clavulinaceae ...

Here's a look at different types of edible mushrooms that are used widely today. ... Cortinarius caperatus ... Cortinarius variicolor;

Antibacterial activity of edible fungi Cyttaria espinosae ... southern Chile it is possible to find the Cyttaria espinosae ... antimicrobial, edible mushrooms ...

Enoki mushrooms are edible mushrooms that are very popular in Asian cuisine, especially in Japan. The delicately flavored, interesting looking fungi are also cultivated and sold in other parts of the world, although they are most widely used in Asian and fusion foods.

Giant Puffball (Langermannia gigantea); photo is about one-third actual size. Photo by Roy Waidler. Another Giant Puffball, photo about one-fourth actual size. "Creased" specimens such as this are common. Photo by Roy Waidler.

Handkea utriformis, synonymous with Lycoperdon utriforme, Lycoperdon caelatum or Calvatia utriformis, is a species of the Lycoperdaceae family of puffballs. A rather large mushroom, it may reach dimensions of up to 25 cm (9.8 in) broad by 20 cm (7.9 in) tall.

At this point I began feeling that mycological siren song that traps many a mushroom hunter: I wanted these to be honey mushrooms, so I could eat them. It is a common — and potentially lethal — mistake to make a square peg fit into a round hole, mentally downplaying one aspect of a mushroom so it can fit into the edible hole you want it to ...

When fresh, Hygrophorus chrysodon is a gorgeous white waxy cap delicately decorated with yellow flakes on the cap margin and the stem apex. With age, however, the yellow ornamentation can fade--or, the cap can become more or less yellow overall.

Coprinus comatus is a nematophagous fungus capable of killing and digesting the nematode species Panagrellus redivivus and Meloidogyne arenaria. Edibility. The young mushrooms, before the gills start to turn black, are edible. The taste is mild; cooking produces a large quantity of liquid.